Crocodilia

See also: crocodilia

Translingual

Crocodylus johnsoni
(Australian freshwater crocodile)

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin crocodilus (from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Crocodilia

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – alligatorids, caimans, crocodiles, and gavials.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Crocodylomorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Eusuchia (extant suborder)
  • Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae - extant families
• †Mesosuchia, †Protosuchia, †Sebecosuchia, †Sphenosuchia, †Thalattosuchia (extinct suborders)

References

• Crocodilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crocodilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Crocodilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248